...The NHS: One American’s Perspective Lynn Whitt MHA 776 Dr. Leist December 18, 2013 The National Health Service (NHS) of Great Britain was established in 1948 to create a national health system that would serve all citizens regardless of ability to pay. There were three main objectives established that were critical to the success of the program: (1) equal access to care, (2) provision of preventative and curative care, and (3) services provided at no cost to the patients (Perlman & Fried, 2012). Today, the NHS is still alive and well and is meeting the expectations of the original objectives set forth at its inception. Currently, the NHS is credited as being the single largest publically funded health care system in the world. In 2010, the Commonwealth Fund declared that “in comparison with the healthcare systems of six other countries (Australia, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand and USA) the NHS was the second most impressive overall. The NHS was rated as the best system in terms of efficiency, effective care and cost-related problems. It was also ranked second for patient equality and safety” (Perlman & Fried, 2012). This paper will address the author’s impression of the NHS based on research and information collected and reviewed as well as discusses the perceived strengths and weaknesses of the program. As stated previously, the NHS is the world’s largest publically funded health care system. It employs approximately 1.7 million people...
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...Compulsory National Service Compulsory national service has been a major debate topic for the past few years now. This means mandatory service would be required for all Americans graduating from high school today. There are pros and cons on both sides of the argument that hold weight and make valid points, but after doing the research and viewing both sides I have to agree that the pros outweigh the cons. Compulsory service will get our country back on its feet, and can bring unity to this wonderful country we call home, for that reason we need to act now and require a two year stint of national service. To begin, there are many Americans who are against compulsory national service they believe that it would impact teens from moving on to college...
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...REVISED IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM (NSTP) Pursuant to Section 12 of Republic Act No. 9163 otherwise known as the National Service Training Program (NSTP) Act of 2001, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), and Department of National Defense (DND), in consultation with concerned government agencies, the Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC), Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations of the Philippines (COCOPEA), Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and recognized student organizations, hereby jointly issue, adapt and promulgate the following implementing rules and regulations in implement the provisions of the Act. Rule I GUIDING PRINCIPLES Section 1. Guiding Principle. While it is the prime duty of the government to serve and protect its citizens, in turn it shall be the responsibility of all citizens to defend the security and promote the general welfare of the State, and in fulfillment thereof, the government may require each citizen to render personal military or civil service. Section 2. Role of the Youth a. In recognition of the vital role of the youth in nation building, the State shall promote civic consciousness among them and shall develop their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual and social well-being. It shall inculcate the ideals of patriotism, nationalism, and advance...
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...done, to make our lives better. Like the saying, "Rome was not built in a day", the world was not built by one person. It was constructed by groups of people whose cause was bigger than race and socioeconomic status. Because people united for a cause is a power unlike no other. In National Honor Society, as the Historian, I always complete an 10 extra community service hours, in addition to the expected 15 hours. I genuinely enjoy the smiles and thanks I get after helping someone else. This is why I picked service, out of the four NHS pillars: scholarship, service, leadership, character, because great things can happen when people are concerned about others. I volunteer my free time coaching kids tennis on Sundays, and do, as of last year, unpaid sound work for all of my high school’s productions, events, and assemblies. I serve as a Mustang Mentor to incoming high school students and offering math and English tutoring during 5th period. On the tennis team, we pick up trash around the courts every Friday. We believe that keeping the environment clean plays an essential role in ensuring a healthy Earth for future generations. My involvement around my school has taught...
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...Firstly, mandatory National Service would mean that servicemen who have served the two years National Service would have to serve forty days of Operationally Ready National Service yearly until the age of forty to fifty for non-officers and officers respectively (Tan, & Ooi, 2002). Furthermore, 2nd Generation Permanent Residents and new citizens are required to serve the country though they do not want to make these sacrifices and only want to enjoy the benefits that Singapore has to offer (Ho, 2013). Thus, mandatory National Service though may offer benefits to many, some find it a drawback. Personally, I feel that National Service should remain mandatory for able-bodied men as it will help Singapore to fend for herself in times of disasters. At the same time, women who wants to volunteer and be part of the National Service should also be allowed to undergo trainings, similar to that of servicemen, so that they can increase the number of soldiers that wants to defend the...
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...Implementation of Change Process: National Health Services Introduction It is a widely recognized fact that health care remains the topmost agenda for any national government around the world. In the same line the UK government is also extremely concerned about the welfare of their citizens. In this regards, the government provides almost free of cost health care services to the citizens of the state. National Health Service (NHS) is the name of the public health care body in the United Kingdom. A number of Health care services are provided at the NHS to people suffering from various illnesses. Generally these services are free of cost for the citizens of United Kingdom. The National Health Service in UK is quite efficient in providing healthcare facilities to residents of the nation. The health care services are the major concerns for any nation. It is not an easy task to meet the rising demands of the health care services in the UK. It has been observed that National Health Service has gone through some critical changes in last five years. In order to meet the rising demands in the health care services National Health Service went through a number of improvements in various health care programmes and projects (Parkin 2009). In this paper we will discuss about the change process in National Health Services in UK. Initially, the reasons that triggered the implementation of change process will be discussed. The types of changes happened in the organization will be...
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...Climate Change Science and Superstorm ‘93 June 20, 2011 METEOSAT infrared satellite photo March 1993 "Storm of the Century" (13 March 1993). Source: NOAA National Climatic Data Cent er Climate Change Science Changes OverTime Prior to 1800 –the Earth’s climate was not a compelling topic Today - it is a major concern although the causes are hotly disputed Climate Change Science is one example where there has been significant growth in knowledge over the last 200 years Climate Change Science Effects of Increased Knowledge The Discovery and Proof of: ◦ Green House Effect 1824 - Greenhouse effect discovered by Fourier 1859 - John Tyndall confirmed Fourier discovery by confirming that H2O and CO2 absorb infrared heat 1955 - Isotopic signature of industrial based CO2 emissions discovered by Hans Suess 1958/1960’s - Charles David Keeling proved CO2 was increasing in the atmosphere Led to: ◦ Adoption and Use of Climate Modeling 1970’s/80’s Suke Manabe and James Hansen began modeling climate projections Resulting in : ◦ Organizations Established to Study Climate Change and its Impacts National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Global Institute for Space Studies (GISS) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Climate Change Science Example 1: Green House Effect Discovered in 1924 - Natural layer of gases covering...
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...Comparative Analysis of Ministry of Health Services in UAE and National Health Service in UK Table of Contents 1.Introduction 3 2.Ministry of Health Services in UAE 3 2.1Ministry of Health Service’s Background 3 2.2Corporate regulations 4 2.3Strategy of Ministry of Health 4 2.4Current Environment at Ministry of Health 4 2.5Market Performance of Ministry of Health 4 3.National Health Services in UK 5 3.1National Health Service’s Background 5 3.2Corporate Governance 5 3.3Strategy of National Health Services 5 3.4Current Environment at National Health Services 6 3.5Market Performance of National Health Services 6 4.Healthcare Industry and Iceberg Theory 6 5.Comparison between Ministry of Health Services in UAE and National Health Services in UK 7 5.1Top-Down 7 5.2Bottom-Up 8 5.3Vision 8 5.4Application of Technology 8 6.Issues faced by Ministry of Health 8 7.Problems faced by National Health Services 8 8.Conclusion 9 9.Bibliography 10 1.Introduction Healthcare is not only an individual matter today; this issue has become a prime concern of government across the globe. A positive health statistics including number of health care facilities like private clinics, hospitals, number of patients attended etc depicts the country’s stage of development along with the strategic planning made to address the issue both for local and national healthcare tourists. A country’s progress as well as development is defined by the promising efforts...
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...Reflective Outline and discuss a clinical audit that you have undertook into one aspect of care delivery and reflect upon the experience using Driscoll’s model of structured reflection. Word Count (2197) During the course of this piece of work, it is my intention to outline and discuss a clinical audit that I undertook into one aspect of care delivery and reflect upon the experience using Driscoll’s model of structured reflection (Driscoll, 2000). The audit, which focused upon the completion of prescription cards, was undertaken during my recent clinical practice placement at Holcroft, a twenty four bed mental health residential unit, situated in the North West of England. In addition to providing a summary of the exercise itself, I would also hope to explore the relationship between the clinical audit process and the wider framework for quality improvement in healthcare. The development of regulation and clinical governance systems in the United Kingdom will also be addressed as will the administration of medication as a significant element of nursing practice. Where necessary, use will be made of academic, research and other evidence based material to underscore or augment specific issues or indeed illustrate examples of good clinical practice. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for conduct, performance and ethics (NMC, 2004) have been diligently applied in the construction of this assignment. Pseudonyms will therefore be used to ensure staff and patient...
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...Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the business case for ethnic diversity in the British National Health Service (NHS). It seeks to contextualise issues around diversity within the current political environment, and identify the barriers to diversity in the NHS. The business case has been very strongly argued as justification for introducing both managing diversity and equal opportunity initiatives - here the paper examines the inconsistencies of using that argument, and maintains that the only justification worth presenting is that based on (deontological) moral arguments. Design/methodology/approach - The paper is conceptual in nature exploring the respective cases for diversity using a broad range of the available literature brought together as part of a rapid evidence assessment. It does so in order to make some far-reaching claims about the future justifications for active diversification of senior management in key public sector institutions. Findings - The distinctions between the business and moral cases are false, in that both have ethical reference points. However, the business case is not only difficult to translate to public sector institutions; there are also evidential problems with its adoption. In light of this the conclusion here is that the moral (deontological) case is the only one that has any long term value for proponents of diversity. Originality/value - The value of this paper is that it examines the confusion that surrounds different cases...
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...The head of the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS), Sir David Nicholson, has refused to accept responsibility for the needless deaths that occur daily at NHS hospitals by claiming that these deaths are not a result of mismanagement but instead are due to inherent "systemic" failings. A Look at the UK’s NHS—A Cautionary Tale by Al Kaltman A single payer health care system was the original goal of President Obama, and from his perspective while the Affordable Care Act was a step in the right direction, it fell short of what was needed. Should the Democrats regain control of the House in 2014, the President is likely to get the single payer system he desires. But some among his followers, and perhaps even the President himself, want to go even further and create a US National Health Service (NHS). In view of this, it is worth taking a look at the current state of the United Kingdom’s NHS. The final report of the inquiry into the UK’s Stafford Hospital scandal was published on February 6 and contained 290 recommendations for improvement in hospital operations and staff training. It is generally accepted that between the years 2005 and 2008 as many as 1,200 persons died needlessly at the hospital, and that these deaths were due to shocking lapses in patient care. The horror stories do not need repeating, but what is clear is that the NHS Trust that oversaw the hospital focused on reducing expenses and not on patient care. Prime Minister Cameron has...
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...National Health Service Case Study 3 National Health Service Case Study 3 Aisha Awhashi 130200137 Latifa BinJarsh 120100068 Sheikha Kharbash 130200138 Aisha Awhashi 130200137 Latifa BinJarsh 120100068 Sheikha Kharbash 130200138 Q1) NHS (National Health Service) has succeeded in encouraging employees to the cultural change through implementing several plans: first, they come up with national programmes which focused on the commitment to improving employees working lives by providing rewards trusts and they are ranked to 3 levels, the gold is (practice plus), which demonstrate that a trust is implementing improving working levels (IWL) across the whole organization in all staff groups. NHS set a goal that is all the organizations are expected to achieve practice plus by demonstrating best practice in a variety of areas, so we can understand from this statement that NHS is trying to motivate the organizations and employees to do their best. Moreover, many improvements that have been implemented as part of IWL are the appointment of a communication manger and schema (plan) to improve attendance at work, because they were facing some problems with the absence. Other initiatives include changing the role of a member of a staff to training and education co-ordinator, for example on of the employee helped another how to read and write, also some plans to develop a support group as part of the induction programme for medical staff. Furthermore...
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...the cycle of inequality and poverty using services such as the National Health Service, Department of Health, the National Framework Service for Children, Young People and Maternity Services and the five principles that are used to fulfil the basic needs of children and achieve their life goals. The principles are as follows: 1. Stay safe 2. Healthy 3. Enjoy and achieve 4. Economic well-being 5. Positive contribution. You can easily remember this why using SHEEP an acronym. The NHS - National Health Service – provides healthcare for all UK citizens based on type of healthcare they need rather than the ability to pay for it. It is all funded by taxes. It involves all types of healthcare including the care of children and young people with learning difficulties and disabilities. It holds the duty of providing the suitable resources and assistance for a family. Staff will work very closely with other agencies and a multi-disciplinary team may be involved in the overall care plan for an individual. It came around after the Second World War which ended in 1948. People of that time didn’t have enough money to pay treatments and so the NHS came into plan. Local Government Local government set up places and facilities that are available to the local people that are in need of help, for example extra-curricular clubs which are run by the local authority. Another example would be the Local Authority Children’s Services in England (LACS). This was introduces in...
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...the thanks for blessing him with fertile land keeping him safe. Bradford was an architect of the Mayflower Covenant. The mayflower covenant is simply an agreement between settlers who has rested on “the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith in which the Country and king is honor. He also creates boundaries of how the native and people of Plymouth should treat each other. Looking at how these two mean were so different at the same time, seeing things so differently seems so ironic today. Work Cited Baym, N. (Ed.). (2007). The Norton anthology of American literature (7th ed. Vols. A-B). New York: W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN "Historic Jamestowne - Jamestown and Plymouth: Compare and Contrast (U.S. National Park Service)." U.S. National Park Service - Experience...
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...profession. Improving IT is an essential part of delivering patient centred care in the NHS. Ball M, Hannah K, Newbold S, (2005) state that the extent to which nurses use computers to assist them in performing complex and increasingly challenging duties is rapidly increasing. Within this assignment I will be discussing the introduction of the National Programme for Information Technology, its aim, along with the introduction of Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) which is one service which the programme aimed to deliver. The National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT) is a national 6 billion pound programme implemented by the NHS to improve IT infrastructure and services. It began in 2000 and aimed for completion by 2010, aiming to introduce a set of new services to support the continued modernisation of the NHS (Anon,NHS, 2004). It is about supporting major improvements in care, by using technology to improve patients experiences, with information being available at the right time, in the right place, for the right person. Dr S Eccles (2006) stated the aim of the programme is to create a health service designed around the patient, providing better access to information, delivering high quality care fit for the 21st century. Moore (2009) agreed and went on to say that it has a key role in helping the NHS to meet the demands of an ageing population, a pressured workforce, and an increasing prevalence of lifestyle-related long-term conditions. D.O...
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